It is time for the High School years and we will focus on that. Including my daughter's plans and interests as they prepare to leave the nest. In the past we have used Waldorf, Montessori, Lapbooking and TWTM in our homeschool and I will leave the working links up.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

A Look at Second and Fourth Grades

It is that time of year again. Time to start thinking and planning the next school year. It is time to decide what subjects we want to focus on and what we want to use. This is what I am looking at:

Second Grade

PhonicsRod and Staff Reading 1 to be finished over the summerRod and Staff Reading 2 to be started in September, October or JanuaryWe will probably finish Rod and Staff Reading 1 between September and November of this year. If we finish up before September we will start Reading 2 at that time but if it is November, I may wait until January to start it. We use all the components: reader, reading workbook and phonics workbook.

EnglishRod and Staff English 2We will begin this when we begin level 2 in reading.

SpellingRod and Staff Spelling 2Again we will begin this when we begin level 2.

MathRod and Staff Math 1Rod and Staff Math 2Singapore Math 1a/1bWe are taking things slow and building up a solid foundation before moving onto the next topic. So we will probably take until fall to work on R&S Math 1 and Singapore 1a. Sometime between September and January we will begin a combination of R&S Math 2 and Singapore 1b.

FrenchShe wants to learn French. What should we use? She likes lapbooks, workbooks and crafts.

LapbooksWe will continue to use Homeschoolshare to explore science and history.

Fourth Grade

HistoryStory of the World 3Story of the World 4We will finish up Story of the World 3 at the end of November and will begin the new book in January.

ScienceMy Pals are Here 5a/b?

MathSingapore Math 4a/b

LatinLively Latin Big Book of Latin 1

CompositionWe are looking at linking this to lapbook topics.

LapbooksHomeschoolshare will be our main source to work on skills through exploration of topics of interest.